BEING Futures Co-design Outcomes
Artist co-design outcomes | Activity | Outcome status | Outcome space | Note | IDRC Suggestions, Next Steps, Comments |
Want to have/host my own Zoom meetings | host | New | Home/Zoom |
| Connected to outcome of wanting to learn Zoom hosting skills |
Want to learn painting in a class on Zoom | learn | New | Home/Zoom |
| Supports the need for hybrid synchronous solutions to participation. |
Group workshops outside of BEING (e.g. at Michael’s craft store) | field trip | New | In-studio |
| To be inclusive of those who may prefer or need to be home, consider setting up virtual field trips. |
Ideal would be half and half - on Zoom and in studio | any activity | New | In-studio and Home/Zoom hybrid |
| Have a balance of events available between studio and at home/remote/zoom including some hybrid. |
Teach a class over Zoom, from BEING studio | teach | New | In-studio and Home/Zoom hybrid |
| This is an interesting hybrid idea. |
Want to learn specific acrylic painting skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom | "Specific" meaning that the artists expressed a desire to learn more skills or learn new skills in these areas | Workshops and events can focus on deepening or expanding techniques within an area of art expression. |
Would like BEING to have a video or theatre aspect….program, forum, classes | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom | Workshops and events can focus on learning a completely new way of expressing in a creative way | |
Want to learn specific digital art skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom |
| Workshops and events can focus on taking existing art expression into different techniques. Eg. Painting something on a canvas to creating it's digital counterpart. |
Want to learn specific how to draw/paint animals skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom | "Specific" meaning that the artists expressed a desire to learn more skills or learn new skills in these areas | Bring a pet/picture of a pet to the studio/zoom event! |
Want to learn how to host/co-host on Zoom | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom |
| Support artist leadership |
Want to learn specific jewelry skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom | "Specific" meaning that the artists expressed a desire to learn more skills or learn new skills in these areas | Workshops and events can focus on deepening or expanding techniques within an area of art expression. |
Want to learn specific video-making skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom | Specific meaning that the artists expressed a desire to learn more skills or learn new skills in these areas | Opportunity to have artists be behind the scenes of Speak, videos, etc. |
Want to learn more complex jewelry-making skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom |
| Workshops and events can focus on deepening or expanding techniques within an area of art expression. |
Want to learn specific oil painting skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom | "Specific" meaning that the artists expressed a desire to learn more skills or learn new skills in these areas | Workshops and events can focus on deepening or expanding techniques within an area of art expression. |
Want to learn specific photography skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom | "Specific" meaning that the artists expressed a desire to learn more skills or learn new skills in these areas | Workshops and events can focus on deepening or expanding techniques within an area of art expression. |
Want to learn specific sculpting skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom | "Specific" meaning that the artists expressed a desire to learn more skills or learn new skills in these areas | Workshops and events can focus on deepening or expanding techniques within an area of art expression. |
Want to learn specific stitching/sewing skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom | "Specific" meaning that the artists expressed a desire to learn more skills or learn new skills in these areas | Workshops and events can focus on deepening or expanding techniques within an area of art expression. |
Want to learn specific acting skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom | "Specific" meaning that the artists expressed a desire to learn more skills or learn new skills in these areas | Workshops and events can focus on deepening or expanding techniques within an area of art expression. |
Want to learn specific water colour painting skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom | "Specific" meaning that the artists expressed a desire to learn more skills or learn new skills in these areas | Workshops and events can focus on deepening or expanding techniques within an area of art expression. |
Want to learn specific writing (screenplay) skills | learn | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom | "Specific" meaning that the artists expressed a desire to learn more skills or learn new skills in these areas | Workshops and events can focus on deepening or expanding techniques within an area of art expression. |
Want to teach a class in drawing animals | teach | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom |
| Learn a technique and then share back. Artist choice of how they share can include: live synchronous, prerecorded, step by step still images, follow along weekly as the technique is developed, etc. How something is shared could intersect with other artists desire to be "behind the scenes" |
Want to teach a class in jewelry making | teach | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom |
| Learn a technique in a workshop then share back with artists who were unable to make it to the workshop. |
Want to teach a class in movement/dance/exercise | teach | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom |
| Combine classes? For example, movement and drawing animals could play off of each other. Explore the movement of a tiger, a snake. |
Want to teach body movement (dance and exercise) to other artists | teach | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom |
| Combine classes? For example, movement and drawing animals could play off of each other. Explore the movement of a tiger, a snake. |
Want to teach a class in needlework | teach | New | In-studio or Home/Zoom |
| A class like needlework could have spin-offs like a little how-to booklet with drawings and labels and sold in the SHOP. |
Documenting artwork with photos and videos | personal documenting | New | Online |
| Learning more about how to do this (or how to get help with this) might be of interest. |
Make a physical/printed version of CLICK | evolve existing product/activity | New | Online |
| One artist had printed out the CLICK magazine and showed it to the group during the Workshop. When asked they expressed interest in having a print version. |
Want to have a jewelry making business online | business | New | Online |
| Artists motivated in one area may be open to supporting other artists in learning about that area of BEING. |
Like meeting artists from outside of Ottawa | field trip | Keep | Home/Zoom |
| Social media approach can bring awareness of the BEING studio and artists, positioning them within the broader arts community. |
Like whiteboard activities to draw and show work | art making | Keep | Home/Zoom |
| Consider new ways to collaborate synchronously on art work with prompts. |
Like whiteboard activities to draw and show work | show and tell | Keep | Home/Zoom |
| Consider new ways to collaborate synchronously on art work with prompts. |
Zoom - no travel, no bus, can do from home, easier that way | any activity | Keep | Home/Zoom | This comment was paired with the comment about "ideal would be half and half—Zoom and in studio" | Supports the need for hybrid synchronous solutions to participation. |
Get back to painting | art making | Keep | In-studio |
| Supports the need for hybrid synchronous solutions to participation. |
Have an in-person shop again | business | Keep | In-studio |
| Key takeaways include: contact with the public, show and tell creations, be compensated for creations. |
Liked going to museum of nature and drawing things we saw there | field trip | Keep | In-studio |
| To be inclusive of those who may prefer or need to be home, consider setting up virtual field trips |
Body movement breaks during workshops | movement | Keep | In-studio or Home/Zoom |
| Possible opportunity for an artist to lead movement breaks. |
Dancing together | movement | Keep | In-studio or Home/Zoom |
| Possible opportunity for an artist to lead movement breaks. |
Most interesting online is: Artist pages (on BEINGstudio.ca) | show and tell | Keep | Online | Further discussion of the Artist pages content and design might be good, including adding direct link to artist work in the SHOP. | |
Most interesting online is: Selling my art and my jewellery | business | Keep | Online | Possible areas to explore based on questions that came up during Workshop 3: How to feel/know when I'm ready to sell my work? How to address selling art that is made using a kit? | |
Most interesting online is: I like to show and tell my arts work through the share screen of my own. | show and tell | Keep | Online | Might relate to learning more Zoom skills (share screen). Could be interesting to explore different ways of having synchronous, online "art shows" from BEING Studio or from artists' homes. | |
Learning about events - email is preferred, in addition to social media posts | event information sharing | Keep | Online | Based on a discussion about the Events page on BEINGstuido.ca. | Some artists don't want to rely entirely on social media for staying connected. |
Love the podcast | art making | Keep | Online | Including the process of producing the podcast and learning related skills. | Overall the podcast seems to be well-loved by all! |
Most interesting online is: Making arts | art making | Keep | Online | The core of BEING is making :-) Individually, together, in studio, online, with other artists and makers, synchronously and asynchronously. | |
One artist mentioned a personal issue related to online safety that happened in the past | learn | Keep | Online |
| Might be good to continue online safety workshops, to provide upport for experiences artists have had or are having. |
Using social media to promote and sell work is good | business | Keep | Online |
| Using Instagram requires artists to have an account which seemed to be a potential barrier because artists didn't necessarily want to be involved with social media beyond sharing/promoting/selling their work. |
Want to keep selling art online | business | Keep | Online |
| Possible areas to explore based on questions that came up during the session: How to feel/know when I'm ready to sell my work? How to address selling art that is made using a kit? |
Least interesting online is: Zoom meetings | any activity | Change | Home/Zoom | If possible, next steps could be to go deeper into this outcome by gathering artists who dislike zoom or do not participate in zoom meetings or zoom events, to co-design an imaginary online meeting experience that meets their needs and preferences. | |
Want less time talking, and more learning (painting) | art making | Change | Home/Zoom |
| How might online learning rooms be designed to allow for diverse needs? Zoom can flatten a group experience, meaning only one thing can be happening at a time unless there are breakout rooms. |
I miss the teachers | any activity | Change | In-studio | In response to the question: What do you like about BEING Home/Zoom? | How might teachers synchronously and asynchronously support connection on Zoom? |
There is too much noise on programs for me to focus sometimes | any activity | Change | In-studio or Home/Zoom | This response came from the survey question: Is there anything else you'd like to tell us? Suggest that this be explored for all platforms to get clarity on audio sensitivities and possible approaches. One example of an approach: Talking stick and feather. | |
Least interesting online is: FACEBOOK Page | show and tell | Change | Online | Social media seems to work well for building awareness of individual artists' projects as well as promoting the sale of products and artwork. Some artists are motivated by these activities while others may not be. | |
One artist said they were not aware of the Artists pages (on BEINGstudio.ca) and SHOP | show and tell | Change | Online |
| Find ways to increase awareness internally of the Artist pages, SHOP, and other web content. Having different formats may create more inclusion. For example: print a shop catalogue, or have artists postcards based on Artist page content. |